Violin
Maker
Claire Brady
Date1935
Place MadeKimball, South Dakota, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedWritten in dark blue ink on paper label, with lettering guide lines in pencil : MADE BY / Claire Brady [cursive] / KIMBALL, S. DAK. / 1935Markingsnone
DescriptionTop: one-piece, semi-slab-cut-cut pine or spruce: wide grain
Back: one-piece, semi-slab-cut-cut pine or spruce: wide grain
Ribs: quarter-cut spruce or pine: wide grain; one-piece lower rib; multiple pieces at center ribs; rib corners chamfered
Head and neck: oak; grain runs perpendicular to top and back; one turn on scroll; back of pegbox not fluted
Arching: high at center bouts
Edging: not scooped
Purfling: none
Varnish: dark brown; shaded lighter at center bouts
Fingerboard: oak cut off-the-quarter
Nut: oak
Tailpiece: oak; saddle glued but not inlaid to top
Tailgut: strands of red and plain gut
Pegs: four black-stained maple with mother-of-pearl eyes
Saddle: dark-brown-varnished oak, now inside violin; was glued to top; extended far inward
Endpin: oak
F-holes: very small eyes; narrow, pointed wings; no notches
Linings: spruce; very thick
Corner blocks: wood filler
Top block: integral with neck; rectangular; rectangular platform carved from top and back above and below top block
Bottom block: probably oak; grain runs parallel to top; endgrain parallel to strings; small, rectangular; wood-filler platform on inside of back below bottom block
Bassbar: carved from top; very wide; long
Other: joints glued with casein glue
DimensionsTotal violin length: 579 mm
Back length: 355 mm
Upper bout width: 170 mm
Center bout width: 104 mm
Lower bout width: 210 mm
Upper rib height: 25-27 mm
Center rib height: 25-27 mm
Lower rib height: 26-28 mm
Stop length: 185 mm
Vibrating string length: 313 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 127 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03337
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